what do you think of Berdly deltarune?
I'm a big fan of berdly, he's been my my favorite deltarune character since chapter 2 dropped. And even after the chapter 3/4 drop, my love for him and my love of tenna (current hyperfixation) are quite different.
I love berdly as a character, a silly little guy trying really hard but ultimately struggling a lot, and it manifests as a desperate need to mask around his peers, regardless of whether or not he succeeds in hiding his perceived weaknesses, (he doesn't very well) he feels like he has to. I love how hard he pretends around Kris in particular, bouncing between trying to feel better than them while also wanting their approval, it's very reminencent of chapter 1 susie belittling Kris while she's on Lancer's side, but is constantly asking Kris to join her.
I love me a blorbo who can't read social cues like at all, who is so caught up in himself and his own struggles that it completely tanks every relationship around him, as my guy really just needs to stop caring about what others think of him, but he is unable, and I hope he gets the chance to learn this lesson.
Kerdly is both extremely funny to me, and sincerely interesting to me, both as a lightly romantic or a platonic pairing, and I was not expecting the chapter 4 phone call with him. Other than silly moments at the festival, I don't expect too much of berdly since he will potentially be absent for the rest of the game on the weird route, so while I think his absence will be felt and made obvious, I'm not sure how much berdly content we can expect. I'm a big fan of the idea of kris being forced to go with berdly to the festival (by the player), but ultimately enjoying his company, but I think it would be equally hilarious to see Noelle, Susie, and Kris doing a group activity just to screw over berdly specifically.
I'm also a big fan of how many different types of voices he gets in playthroughs, I think my favorite is from Therm, who gives him trouble with r's, it's so silly and endeering to me.
I'm deeply fascinated by berdly's place in the weird route. The fact that he can be removed from the story completely is so unexpected and eerie in all the best ways. I love how much "nicer" he acts throughout that route as he can obviously see something is wrong with noelle, and even more so with Kris, and is willing to drop whatever persona he feels he must have to satisfy his need to appear smart and cool, just to try and help noelle. The moment right before his fight is one of my favorites, where he doesn't waste any time on banter, he simply identifies danger and steps in. Like that's so sweet, one could argue we see more depth or even "growth" for his character on this route than the normal ones, yet he is instead cast aside rendered irrelevant for his attempt to intervene. And that's awesome narrativly.
Chapter 4's weird route scene with noelle, and berdly in the hospital paint a really sad picture for me, of Kris genuinely caring for berdly, and that care being blatantly displayed to the player, with them going out of their way with and without player dominance to try and help berdly. Like it's heartbreaking that no matter whether or not Kris does or does not like berdly as a person or friend they go out of their way to help him, showing they do care about what happens to him, and I love that.